NSW Recorded Crime Statistics: January 2007 to December 2007
Top 50 Local Government Areas ranked by rate of recorded criminal incidents
LGAs with population under 3000, Sydney LGA and LGAs without the offence have been excluded.
 

Rank	Local Government Area	Offences in 2007	Population	Rate per 100,000 population
1	Marrickville	1,649	76,524	2,154.9
2	Strathfield	567	32,529	1,743.1
3	Leichhardt	850	51,660	1,645.4
4	Moree Plains	251	15,991	1,569.6
5	Botany Bay	537	37,415	1,435.3
6	Burwood	445	31,387	1,417.8
7	Auburn	899	66,286	1,356.2
8	Newcastle	1,963	147,545	1,330.4
9	Canada Bay	883	68,955	1,280.5
10	Bourke	49	3,876	1,264.2
11	Parramatta	1,946	155,098	1,254.7
12	Woollahra	659	53,033	1,242.6
13	Maitland	767	62,596	1,225.3
14	Albury	565	47,694	1,184.6
15	North Sydney	730	61,802	1,181.2
16	Walgett	91	8,047	1,130.9
17	Port Stephens	705	63,650	1,107.6
18	Willoughby	703	65,029	1,081.1
19	Liverpool	1,850	172,050	1,075.3
20	Ashfield	432	40,262	1,073.0
21	Coffs Harbour	720	68,315	1,053.9
22	Lane Cove	340	32,375	1,050.2
23	Queanbeyan	394	37,848	1,041.0
24	Parkes	157	15,099	1,039.8
25	Forbes	104	10,003	1,039.7
26	Holroyd	938	94,269	995.0
27	Nambucca	187	18,886	990.2
28	Dubbo	388	39,500	982.3
29	Blacktown	2,824	287,634	981.8
30	Campbelltown	1,413	148,969	948.5
31	Bathurst Regional	345	37,508	919.8
32	Wagga Wagga	526	58,802	894.5
33	Byron	274	30,898	886.8
34	Tamworth Regional	488	55,063	886.3
35	Bankstown	1,583	179,719	880.8
36	Mosman	244	28,414	858.7
37	Orange	322	37,982	847.8
38	Randwick	1,072	127,948	837.8
39	Broken Hill	169	20,223	835.7
40	Gunnedah	101	12,129	832.7
41	Penrith	1,471	177,544	828.5
42	Rockdale	796	96,409	825.6
43	Leeton	99	12,088	819.0
44	Richmond Valley	174	21,267	818.2
45	Waverley	507	62,194	815.2
46	Coonamble	38	4,699	808.7
47	Wollongong	1,541	192,131	802.1
48	Wyong	1,131	144,297	783.8
49	Cobar	39	5,023	776.4
50	Eurobodalla	273	36,613	745.6

 

Note: For the rate calculations, population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics publication: Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06, Cat. No. 3218.0. As no population estimates were available for 2006 when this report was published, rates for 2007 were calculated using 2006 population estimates.

* LGAs with populations lower than 3000 are excluded because rate calculations for these areas are very sensitive to small changes in population sizes and the number of incidents recorded. Rate calculations should also be treated very cautiously for LGAs that have high visitor numbers relative to their residential population. This is because rate calculations are based on estimated residential population and no adjustment has been made for the number of people visiting each LGA per year.